And the answer to each and every one of those for me is no. But I'm only white by some statistics. I think you're trying to say a specific type of white person, and even then you're being waaaay to broad.
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Gruss Gott<[email protected]> wrote: > >> gg wrote: >> Of course the real discrimination still in place - and the one that >> will be in place for a long time - is wealth. >> > > Take someone like yourself (if any of this inaccurate, I'll prepend > 'much like'), you came from privilege: > > * you had access to people who knew the system and could tell you its > options, requirements, and secrets > > * You had people to pull strings for you > > * Your parents probably paid for everything you had or wanted - > especially education/career related while growing up > > * You parents paid your college and associated costs so you left debt > free and they probably even gave you "start up" money to get that > first apartment, those first work clothes, et al > > * Your retirement plan may very well be dead parents. > > That's the white male system. Most minorities had none of that. > > So the meritocracy assumes you even know what do - which most don't - > and have the means to play - which most don't. > > Affirmative Action fixes this inequality of opportunity. > > And now the fear is that the NEW SYSTEM will begin to deny whitemale > those cheats. > > The answer is "it will". > > Welcome to the real World whitemale. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300586 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
